Elsewhere on Tuesday the opening race will obviously be highly anticipated, and the Richard Hannon-trained Toronado leads the field for the curtain-raiser in 2014.

Day 2 sees the running of the Prince of Wales's Stakes in the headline slot. The 1m 2f Group 1 race sees eight declared with France's Treve making her British debut and hotly tipped to triumph, per the Racing Post:

Treve stars as eight declared for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday. Magician, Mukhadram, The Fugue & Dank also in

The Royal Hunt Cup should also be an attraction on Wednesday, the quite massive field meaning long odds are available for many of the runners in the one-miler.

Thursday is Gold Cup day, the headline race of the entire meeting. Last year's winner, Estimate—trained by Sir Michael Stoute and owned by the Queen—will be looking to repeat the trick but faces a stern test having raced only once since that win, per Cornelius Lysaght on BBC Sport.

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Last year's St Leger winner, Leading Light, and Brown Panther are currently tipped to beat Estimate, but it is sure to be a race of the highest quality.

The only Group 1 race on Friday is the Coronation Stakes, but it is one of the week's most open encounters with various fillies in with a chance, including My Titania, Veda and English and Irish 1,000 Guineas runner-up Lightning Thunder.

Finally, Saturday closes the meeting with some cracking racing, including the frantic six-furlong sprint, the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes.

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A large field makes for quite a spectacle and the possibility of a long-odds winner—last year 11-1 shot Lethal Force took the victory. The favourites for this year's race include Slade Power, Aljamaaheer and Gordon Lord Byron.

Royal Ascot 2014 provides five days of racing and 30 high-quality encounters that should bring out the usual thrills and upsets, elation and disappointment for trainers, jockeys, owners and punters alike.

Arguably the greatest Flat meeting in the world, Ascot never disappoints, and this year will be no different.